Location-based social networks - Online Social Media

Restaurants & Bars: Social Media – How Is It Being Used?

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Social media and social networking, the direction that most companies are realizing is the way forward. Any company that has realized this is trying to get in as many key locations that their brand and field can possibly be in … [Read more...]

Foursquare Growth: How’s It Looking?

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For those of you whom are unaware, Foursquare is a location based social network where you can earn badges as you ‘check-in’. We regularly report on new badges such as the Super Duper and Epic swarm badges and we even asked you back in May 2010 if you thought Facebook should buy … [Read more...]

Foursquare CES 2011 Badges: Rewarding Attendees for Check-ins

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CES 2011 is going to be upon us in a few days time and whilst we have reported on various products and technologies that will be appearing, we haven’t spoken to much to you too much about what social media and social networking you should expect … [Read more...]

Twitter Conformation of 2.6 million Foursquare users

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Foursquare, the location-based networking site has now confirmed its user figures as being in the region of 2.6 million. In July Foursquare’s CEO “ Dennis Crowley” tweeted that the app had now secured its 2 millionth registered user. Foursquare, which was launched in 2009 is accessible via … [Read more...]

Facebook to Challenge Foursquare and Gowalla with Hot Potato deal

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Online social networking giants "Facebook" are nearing their deal to acquire “Hot Potato” the social media site which launched last year giving users accessibility to events in their area through the site or the Apple iPhone app. Hot Potato has been battling it out against competitors … [Read more...]

Foursquare Tops 2 Million Users: Loopt next target

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Foursquare is a Social Network which allows you to ‘check in’ to places. You can then broadcast your location to all of your friends, earn achievements in-game and if you visit a particular place the most, you can become the ‘mayor’ of that particular location. … [Read more...]